Shinsuke OGAWA

Summer In Narita

三里塚 第二砦の人々

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In 1968 farmers living near Narita protest against the Japanese government, which is attempting to evict them from their homeland in order to build a new airport. The film documents the farmers’ fight with empathy for their interests.

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Summer In Narita (NC 2012)

三里塚 第二砦の人々
Nihon Kaiho sensen: Sanrizuka no natsu

Japan 1968

108 minutes

Director
Shinsuke OGAWA

Cinematography
Masaki TAMURA, Koshiro OTSU

Production
Ogawa Productions

World sales
Athenée Français Cultural Center

About Shinsuke OGAWA

Shinsuke OGAWA (1935-1992) dedicated his life to independent documentary film. With his production company Ogawa Productions, he made seven films starting in 1968 about the resistance of Sanrizuka farmers against airport construction. In 1974 he retreated with his film collective to Kaminoyama, Yamagata, to portray rural life.

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